Westminster II, The art, architecture and archaeology of the Royal Palace /

Westminster came into existence in the later Anglo-Saxon period, and by the mid-11th century, when Edward the Confessor's great new abbey was built, it was a major royal centre two miles south-west of the City of London. Within a century or so, it had become the principal seat of government in...

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Other Authors: Rodwell, Warwick (Editor), Tatton-Brown, T. W. T. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [London] : Routledge, [2017]
Series:British Archaeological Association conference transactions ; 39, pt. II
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Preface
  • An Introduction to the Topography of the Medieval Palace of Westminster/john crook
  • Romanesque Westminster Hall and its Roof/roland b. harris and daniel miles with an appendix by thomas hill
  • The Great Hall at Caen and its Affi nities with Westminster/edward impey
  • Henry III's Palace at Westminster/virginia jansen
  • St Stephen's Chapel, Westminster/john goodall
  • Late-14th-Century Reconstruction of Westminster Hall/julian munby
  • Parliaments, MPs and the Buildings of Westminster in the Middle Ages/david harrison
  • A Monument to St Edward the Confessor: Henry III's Great Chamber at Westminster and its Paintings/christopher wilson
  • 'The New Tower at the End of the King's Garden': The Jewel Tower and the Royal Treasure/jeremy ashbee with an appendix by paul everson
  • The Topography of the Old Palace of We stminster, 1510-1834/mark collins
  • The New Palace of Westminster/steven brindle